On Nov 13, 2007 9:19 AM, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > i am reminded by a line from the labs' response to ast's usenix posting > > > - UNIX can be successfully run as an application program > > > `Run' perhaps, `successfully' no. Name a product that succeeds > > > by running UNIX as an application. > > > > > > s/UNIX/Plan 9/g > > > > I love that post, but I don't think s/UNIX/Plan 9/g is valid, we are > > not talking about microkernels here, and see also Inferno. > > i'm not saying it can't be done. osx is *nix run as an application on > a bastardized mach kernel. but "microkernel" is an empty nonsequitor.
Not quite. The mac os x kernel is XNU which stands for XNU's Not Unix. It might have mach inside, but the unix is in there too. I used to run Mac OS X on my own custom kernels back in 2001 for "fun". Dave
